On the same day that millions of sensitive records purportedly stolen from the Los Angeles school district were posted for sale on the dark web, the Federal Communications Commission approved a $200 million pilot program to help K-12 schools and libraries nationwide fight an onslaught of cyberattacks. A Los Angeles Unified School District spokesperson confirmed […]
Snowflake Hit With Data Breach – What’s Going On? Snowflake Inc (NYSE:SNOW) is facing scrutiny after reports of data breaches affecting some of its major clients, including Santander Bank and Ticketmaster. Hackers claimed to have stolen hundreds of millions of customer records. Australian authorities confirmed successful compromises of several companies using Snowflake, TechCrunch reports. The […]
The Italian watchdog said that since it had started investigating, Meta had changed its practices. (Lionel BONAVENTURE) Italy’s competition authority on Wednesday fined global tech giant Meta 3.5 million euros ($3.8 million) for data breaches and failures in managing Instagram and Facebook accounts. The AGCM watchdog “found that Meta failed… to immediately inform users registered […]
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s privacy regulator said on Wednesday it had filed a lawsuit against the country’s biggest health insurer Medibank over a data breach that exposed personal information of millions of customers on the dark web. In civil penalty proceedings filed in the Federal Court, the Australian Information Commissioner said Medibank “seriously interfered” with the […]
This story was produced in partnership with The Acadiana Advocate, a Louisiana-based newsroom. Individuals whose sensitive information was made public after a July 2023 cyberattack on the St. Landry Parish School Board were not notified for five months — long after state law mandates and only after a newspaper investigation prompted the Louisiana Attorney General’s […]
“He was never faithful in our marriage, and he took pride in stiffing people he did business with and not paying his bills.” (Photo subject is a model.) – Getty Images/iStockphoto Dear Quentin, My ex-husband has a $250,000 life-insurance policy. I’m 50 years of age and only have $45,000 saved. When we divorced, I made […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Multnomah County Health Department announced Friday that over 1,000 people may have had their private information accessed in a data breach. While the county assures Social Security and drivers’ license numbers of their Health Center clients were not breached, information on their Medicaid ID, medical record number, race, ethnicity, gender […]
A logo with the inscription “Boeing” pictured on a hall of the Boeing distribution center. Georg Wendt/dpa Aircraft maker Boeing violated the terms of a US agreement that has so far protected it from prosecution following two fatal plane crashes, according to the US Department of Justice. Boeing had not implemented a programme to prevent […]
A pair of humpback whales recently put on a show for enthralled boaters in the Pacific Ocean. Author Michael Hodges and several marine biologists were sailing off the coast of California when they spotted the massive creatures, according to Hodges’ May 7 post on Instagram. “We were out at sea for hours, in big waves, […]
Related video: TGH suffers cyber attack in July 2023, with data of up to 1.2 million possibly compromised WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (WFLA) — A breach at Winter Haven Hospital was caused by an accidental email attachment sent by an employee, according to their Notice of Privacy Incident. On March 15, the hospital said one of […]
Computing giant Dell has confirmed it is investigating a data breach which the company says saw some personal information related to customers accessed. The company did not confirm if the incident was caused by an inadvertent error or had been breached by hackers, but according to reports, an individual has tried to sell data they […]
Russia pounded a town in Ukraine’s north east with artillery, rockets and guided aerial bombs on Friday before attempting an infantry breach of local defences, authorities said. It is a tactical switch that Kyiv officials have been expecting for weeks as the war stretches into its third year. Intense nighttime shelling targeted Vovchansk, in the […]